Session 1 – 30 June (Tue) 1630-1800 (90 minutes)

1. Understanding Worldviews

We define a worldview (Weltanschauung) as a person’s foundational perspective on life and reality and explore six key worldview questions concerning God, humanity, truth, morality, meaning, and death. We then introduce four major worldviews—pantheism, polytheism, theism, and atheism—and highlight their mutual exclusivity and cultural prevalence.

2. What Makes Christianity Distinct?

We examine the uniqueness of Christian theism, focusing on biblical authority, the divinity of Christ, His bodily resurrection, substitutionary atonement, and salvation by grace. We review scriptural evidence for Jesus’ divine identity and exclusive claims, contrasting Christianity with other religions and worldviews.

3. The Journey of Faith

This module emphasizes the necessity of evangelism, asserting all people need the gospel and Jesus’ exclusive salvation through the cross. It introduces the Engle scale to map spiritual awareness, and outlines the evangelism process: cultivating hearts, sowing the Word, harvesting decisions, and multiplying believers within the community.

Session 2 – 1 July (Wed) 0915-1000 (45 minutes)

4. Engaging in Faith Conversations

We explore how to initiate spiritual conversations, progressing from superficial to deeply open dialogue and highlight building friendships through shared interests and mutual support. Pre-evangelism strategies focus on understanding, relational trust, and timing, preparing the ground for meaningful discussions about faith and the gospel and casting doubt on a person’s present convictions.

Session 3 – 1 July (Wed) 1030-1300 (150 minutes)

5. God’s Sovereignty in Evangelism

This module emphasizes that God controls history, opens opportunities, gives courage, convicts hearts, and brings rebirth. While evangelism requires human instruments, it is ultimately God’s work. Believers are called to act and pray, recognizing their role as partners in His plan rather than trying to control outcomes themselves.

6. Sharing the Gospel

We focus on practical gospel presentation using biblical examples from Acts and introduce the ‘God-Man-God’ outline: God as ruler, humanity as rebel, and God’s rescue plan through Christ. Participants practice sharing the gospel, receive feedback, and learn to guide others toward repentance, faith, forgiveness, and the Holy Spirit.

7. Apostolic Evangelism and Dialogue

This module emphasizes evangelism through understanding and dialogue. Effective communication involves speaking in the listener’s language, creating a comfortable environment, and allowing discussion. Dialogue helps check understanding, uncover objections, and answer questions. Fear of engagement is addressed by learning to listen, adapt, and respond as Christ-centred ambassadors.

8. Overcoming Fear and Difficult Questions

We address common fears in evangelism—losing friends, appearing judgmental, or being unprepared—and introduce the ‘seven deadly questions’ from sceptics and religious objections. Participants will later role-play responses, exploring biblical, ethical, and cultural challenges. The focus is on confident, respectful dialogue that equips believers to answer doubts effectively.

Session 4 – 1 July (Wed) 1400-1600 (120 minutes)

9. Reasons for Christian Faith

We explore rational and experiential bases for believing Christianity is true, including design in creation, inner moral awareness, and God’s revelation in Jesus. Using the Apostolic Model—Identify, Confront, Invite —believers are guided to agree where possible, challenge misconceptions, and present Christian truth in a structured, persuasive, and relational way.

10. The Process of Persuasion

This module teaches tailored evangelism approaches for different worldviews. Using the ‘Submarine’ model, believers identify points of agreement, confront misunderstandings, and invite toward Christian truth. It emphasizes asking questions, avoiding jargon, highlighting inconsistencies, and presenting the gospel relationally and respectfully to Muslims, Jews, and atheists.

11. Circularity and Relativism

We address relativism and circular reasoning in belief systems. Relativism appears attractive but is self-contradictory and unliveable. We examine how to respond to relativistic claims. The circular argument is a trap Christians fall into by appealing to the word of God to prove that Jesus is the son of God and vice versa. We avoid the trap by arguing from historical fact and eyewitness evidence.

Session 5 – 1 July (Wed) 1630-1800 (90 minutes)

12. Successful Evangelism

This module teaches how to guide someone who understands the gospel toward faith. Using harvesters’ questions and the ABC approach—Admit need for God, Believe in Christ, Choose obedience—believers facilitate spiritual decisions. It emphasizes relational engagement, assessing spiritual readiness, and helping individuals take practical steps toward repentance and commitment.

13. Evidence for the Resurrection

We emphasise that Christianity hinges on Jesus’ resurrection. It examines historical and biblical evidence: His death, the empty tomb, post-resurrection appearances, rapid spread of Christianity, and transformed lives. Sceptical theories are addressed. The resurrection validates prophecy, Jesus’ claims, apostles’ witness, and the truth of Christian faith, offering hope of eternal life.

14. Understanding Miracles

We explore the reality and significance of miracles. Miracles demonstrate God’s power, authenticate Jesus’ divinity, and affirm biblical authority. Objections, including natural explanations and lack of personal experience, are addressed. Believers learn that miracles are credible through eyewitness testimony and that science describes, not limits, God’s intervention in the natural world.

Session 6 – 2 July (Thu) 0915-1000 (45 minutes)

15. Jesus as the Only Way to God

We explore Christianity’s uniqueness: Jesus’ divinity, the authority of Scripture, and salvation by grace through faith and emphasize that Christ alone provides salvation, and believers must proclaim this truth while recognizing God’s justice.

16. Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel

We address concerns about people who have not encountered Christianity. It teaches that God judges fairly, based on revealed truth, conscience, and creation. Evangelists are called to warn, invite, and share the gospel while trusting God’s justice and mercy.

Session 7 – 2 July (Thu)1030-1300 (150 minutes)

17. Can a Good Moral Life Get You to Heaven?

We argue that human goodness is insufficient for salvation. Judgment is real, the standard is perfection, sin is universal, and Jesus alone is sinless. Salvation comes by God’s grace through faith.

18. What about suffering?

We address the problem of suffering, exploring physical, mental, and societal causes. A defence of Christianity against this question involves arguing from free will, the Fall, the perspective of faith and seeing suffering in the light of the future. Christians are encouraged to respond with hope, understanding God’s sovereignty, ultimate justice, and the promise of renewal.

19. The reliability of the Bible

This module examines doubts about biblical reliability, addressing hearsay, textual transmission, alleged contradictions, and historical accuracy. It highlights eyewitness testimony, manuscript evidence, archaeology, and Jesus’ affirmation of Scripture. Participants learn to respond to scepticism, demonstrating that the Old and New Testaments are trustworthy, authoritative, and historically consistent.

20. Isn’t Christian Experience Only Psychological?

This final module explores the psychological objection to faith, distinguishing emotional response from truth. Christianity is grounded in facts—Jesus’ resurrection, Scripture, and transformation of lives—supported by the Holy Spirit. We need to turn the question around, showing that belief is rational, evidence-based, and not merely a product of upbringing, culture, or emotion.